The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives (Islamic History and Thought, 15)

Ayyad, Essam

ISBN 10: 1463207271 / ISBN 13: 9781463207274

Published by Gorgias Press, 2019

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xvi, 475 pages ; 24 cm. The fact that many features are standard to the oldest surviving mosques suggests that a canonical type, mostly a courtyard surrounded by four porticoes, did exist early in Islamic history. While the structure built by the Prophet in Madina, soon after the Hijra in 622 AD, is believed by many to have later provided the prototype of the mosque, the dominant theory that it was only a private residence casts doubt on that belief. The current study provides fresh evidence, based on the Qurʾān, ḥadīth and early poetry, that this structure was indeed built to be a mosque.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives (Islamic History and Thought, 15)
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1463207271
• ISBN 13: 9781463207274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Islam

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Synopsis

"In the absence of reliable archaeological evidence, the question of how the mosque was made represents a real challenge. Its origin remains moot despite many attempts to settle the question. This study sets out to explore whether early Islam, within the framework of the Prophet's teachings and practices, as well as the Qurʾān, might have provided the necessary prompts for the making of the mosque and the shaping of its essential functional and architectural features. It also investigates how such religious prompts may have interacted with the political, cultural and socio-economic contexts in which the mosque type materialized. As such, this book scrutinizes two dominant tendencies regarding the mosque type, the modern Western views on its non-Islamic origins and the Islamic legalist views on what it should look like."